Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, principal ministre de Henry le Grand [3-volume set, complete]
Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de; L'Ecluse des Loges, Pierre-Mathurin de
Published by London, 1747
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A good copy of the Mémoires deSully, complete in 3 volumes, with clean and fresh pages but worn bindings. The memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, (French Huguenot nobleman, soldier and statesman), covering the period from 1570 to 1611, are an important source of the history of the reign of Henry IV. This new edition of 1747 (the first edition was published in 1745) was revised and annotated by L'Ecluse des Loges. In three quarto volumes (27 x 20cm); xxxvi, 607 pp.; x, 612 pp.; iv, 617 pp. Period full leather, five raised bands to each spine, title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Licherie, engraved by Baudet, depicting Henri IV on his throne, and 3 header vignettes by Gravelot, engraved by Fessard. Amorial bookplate of the Viscount of Kenmore on front pastedown of each volume. Occasional contemporary annotations in pencil. The boards of all three volumes are rubbed and worn, with bumped edges and corners, and the loss of some leather. Upper board of volume one is detached, the other joints are split in places but still holding. Spine ends are worn and chipped, and the leather title label is missing from the spine of volume one. Internally in good condition, with clean fresh pages, free from foxing. xxxvi, 607 pp. 3-volume set (complete) volumes of the 3 volumes of the 3-volume set (complete)-volume set-volume set volumes of the 3 volumes of the 3-volume set (complete)-volume set volumes of the 3-volume set (complete) volumes of the 3 volumes of the 3-volume set (complete)-volume set-volume set-volume set-volume set. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; 132; Add. Inventory No: 211026VFAQ0204. Seller Inventory # 211026VFAQ0204
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Title: Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune, duc de ...
Publisher: London
Publication Date: 1747
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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